Crow Citizen Sues BIA Cops for Trespass, False Imprisonment, Etc. under Bad Men Clause/FTCA

Here is the complaint in Siemion v. United States (D. Mont.):

Federal FTCA Suit Filed over BIA Cop Killing of Turtle Mountain Chippewa Citizen

Here is the complaint in Wilkie v. United States (D.N.D.):

Eighth Circuit Denies Indian Property Rights (again) and Affirms Dismissal of Trespass Claims against Pipeline Company

Here is the opinion in Chase v. Andeavor Logistics PC.

Briefs:

Lower court materials.

New Mexico Federal Court Dismisses FTCA False Arrest Suit against Picuris Pueblo/BIA Cops

Here are the materials in Farden v. United States (D.N.M.):

1 Complaint

59 Motion for Summary J

61 Response

65 Reply

73 DCT Order

Crow Nation Sues BIA over Being Placed on “Do Not Pay” List

Here is the complaint in Crow Tribe v. United States (D. Mont.):

IBIA Holds BIA Illegally Denied Modoc Nation Access to Federal Surplus Goods [airplanes] Seven Years Later . . . And Now Planes are Gone

Here is the opinion in Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma v. Eastern Oklahoma Regional Director:

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Enforce Land Partition Agreement between BIA and Estate of Crow Citizen

Here is the opinion in Halverson v. Burgum.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

NARF’s Work in Alaska Over 40 Years

The Native American Rights Fund has provided legal assistance to Tribes in Alaska since NARF’s founding in the early 1970s. In 1984, NARF opened an Alaska office so it could better serve Alaska Native Tribes and individuals. In the 40 years since NARF Alaska opened its doors, the office has litigated some of the most influential cases in the development of federal Indian law in Alaska. Below is an overview of the foundational work that NARF has done with and on behalf of Alaska Native Tribal governments and people.

Blast from the Past: Felix Cohen’s “Bill of Particulars”

The early 1950s featured truly awful federal leadership in Indian affairs, with Dillon Myer serving as Commissioner and Oscar Chapman as Interior Secretary. The leadership of the American Association on Indian Affairs wanted to produce a high-profile “bill of particulars” that would condemn the government’s terminationist actions. Other national activists resisted, worrying that direct political attacks on Interior Department leaders would backfire. While they debated, Felix Cohen wrote a 34 page memorandum detailing federal abuses, a paper he would shape into his classic Yale Law Journal article, The Erosion of Indian Rights, 1950-1953: A Case Study in Bureaucracy.

Here is the bill of particulars:

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and Washoe Tribe Sue Federal Government re: Carlisle

Here is the complaint in Wichita and Affiliated Tribes v. Burgum (M.D. Pa.):